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Building an Inclusive Organization

October 28, 2010

If you’ve been following the series on Inclusive Organizations, you probably have one remaining question. We’ve answered the what and why of inclusive organizations and even talked about their traits, but we haven’t talked about the how. How do you create an inclusive organization? Building an inclusive organization requires a dedicated focus and effort on [...]

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Humor at Work: Inclusive Organizations for IT Workers

October 17, 2010

Columbus, OH – How do you help a smaller organization feel like a part of a larger organization when they only represent 10% of the organization? That was the topic of discussion in a session I co-lead with some HR leaders called Building an Inclusive Organization. After a review of recent survey results and a [...]

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Humor at Work: Team-Building for IT Workers

October 16, 2010

Columbus, OH – I’ve worked on some great team-building events in the past, but nothing quite like what we lead a group through this past week. When I was tasked with coming up with a team-building activity for 350 people for 3 hours and a $3,000 budget, I knew it was going to be tough. [...]

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8 Traits of an Inclusive Organization

October 15, 2010

Last week I attempted to answer the question, “What does inclusive organization mean?”  Not just because I like solving mysteries, but also because I’ve been hearing the phrase more and more and wanted to understand what the buzz(word) was all about.  I ended up with: “An inclusive organization is a group of people with a [...]

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Humor at Work: Team-building and Humor Training for APA

September 30, 2010

Cincinnati, OH – I had the privilege of working with the Asian Pacific Americans (APA) group at a Fortune 25 company for not one but two different activities this past week. The first was an improvised talent show where I was blown away by what people were able to create with just 45-minutes of prep [...]

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Humor at Work: Team-Building for US Navy

September 15, 2010

Brooklyn, NY – I just got back from a great workshop where I partnered with ComedySportz New York for an improv-based training for the US Navy. Every 2 years they work with CSz NY for a team-building event that uses improv and this year I co-facilitated. The group was a little hesitant at first, but [...]

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Mentos and Mentors

September 13, 2010

I recently read a fun article, titled Mentor or Mentos: A Comparison, that talked about some of the differences between Mentors (the guiding person) and Mentos (the candy).  As I thought (and researched) more about it, I realized the two m-e-n-t-o words have more in common than you might think. But first, here’s a classic [...]

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Team-Building Activity – Line Up

August 13, 2010

One of my favorite team-building activities of late has been the “Line Up.” It’s an exercise that involves all of the participants lining up single-file according to a specified criteria. As an example, you might have everyone line-up alphabetically by first name.  As you specify different criteria, you can add conditions like not being able [...]

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Humor at Work: Team-Building for New Team Members

August 5, 2010

New York, NY – A new associate director was recently appointed to lead our project management organization at work. When she came to New York to meet our team, I was asked to lead a team-building event that would help us all get to know each other while also being engaging (and that could be [...]

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Carnival of HR: Humor at Work Edition

August 4, 2010

If you’re correctly applying humor at work, one of the groups you’ll be talking to is HR.   Not because they’ll be scolding you for taking a break at 3pm to run down a Slip N Slide in the company’s front lawn, but because they’ll be yearning to learn more about the amazing benefits of humor. [...]

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